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| Chasing
Interior Ducts In
order for ducts within conditioned spaces to be
effective, builders need to establish an effective
air barrier around them.
by Janet McIlvaine
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Energy
efficiency experts agree that minimizing duct
leakage is one of the most important energy conservation
measures they can take. It provides rapid payback
from energy savings and mitigates the health and
durability issues associated with duct leakage
to and from unconditioned spaces. Over the past
15 years, researchers and builders have developed
three primary strategies to reduce the impact
of duct leakage: sealing ducts, placing ducts
in unvented attics or crawlspaces, and placing
the ducts in conditioned space. This article focuses
on placing the ducts within the conditioned space.
The design and construction guidelines
given below are the results of our work with builders
and an energy consultant who routinely build homes
with ducts in the conditioned space. They are
Bentwood Custom Homes of Waxahachie, Texas; Broward
County Habitat for Humanity of Fort Lauderdale,
Florida; Durham County Habitat for Humanity of
Durham, North Carolina; and builders affiliated
with Ken Fonorow of the Florida Home Energy and
Resources Organization, Incorporated, of Gainesville,
Florida.
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